The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-04-30

decoved across the line for the purpose OF
the arrest. The press Of France has beer
very temperate, CautiOning the people u
commit no NC, of folly which might pre-
cipitate trouble; and II is believed the
matter will be- settled amlcably. The Pope
has offered 20 act ne mediator, and II II
also reported that In case an agreement
cannot be reached, France Will propose u
submit the matter 10 the King OF belgium
for arbitration.
On Tuesday Charleston, ), G., forgot hei
earthquake ruins and her business, anu
devoted the day 70 the dedication OF a
monument erected 10 the memory OF Johh
| G. Calhoun, her "favorite SON" There was
ths usual procession, and music, and n
monster crowd of people, and all the nc
cessories; the statue was unveiled, acoupie
of odes. written for the occasion, READ, anu
Secretary Lsmar delivered an GRAFTON. II
| IL not only IAN interesting fact, as the sec
retary said, but also an appropriate one 'thal
the statue should have been erected, mol
| in the capital of the nation but "in his own
native state" Though he was man ID
many RESPECTS national In his acts and en-
d.ayors, AMI though he did not mean 70 be
otherwise, yet he was essential a oou'h
Carolina man, and all that part OF the Work
| of his life that will be remembered In AFTER
DAYS with the endeayor 10 place upon an
everlasting foundation the peculiar insu'
tuition" and the extreme state rlSht uoc'
,rines OF which that state was par trcteeh''
the champion and defendant IL Is, 700
not A little interesting 70 think, now, mat
of all men If his tine In America who ana
more 10 defend those ideas, probably no'
one did more 10 hasten the freedom OF the
slave than John &. Calhoun.
The Kendall county supervisors have
appolnted building committee to e.
ahead and rebuild the burned court house,
Rv usinp the old walls, which are prcnoun'
ced GOOD, they hope to rebuild at cost not
above 5000 10 addition to the amount OF
| insurance due.
The Chicago and Santa Fa railroad is
surveying line into Rock Island.
The deccease of the public debt Tor
April, Is estimated at from II to 10 mill
ions. 49,,
The grand jury of Kane county, Illinois,
has indicted Arthur Terry, of Aurora, Tor
the murder of his wife by poi SON,
Charles Atkinson, the founder OF Moline,
Illinois, and proprietor of the first stage
line between La Sale and Rock Island,
died Tuesday at the age OF 49,
"Wednesday, the 65th anniversary OF the
birth of Gen Grant, was celebrated ny a
banquet of the Republican Club OF Pitts
burgh. at which Gov. Foraker was the
chief speaker; and by various means OF or
gsnizatlon east and west.
The teasers and mixers In the Pittsburg
window glass factories, struck on Wednes-
day for ten per cent increase OF pay. -Four
teen factories have shut down, and over
900 men are idle. Work will be resumed
when men can be obtained to take the
places Of the strikers.
On Thursday Southern Pacific *.
express and mail train were stopped 10y
from five to eight robbers at station -
miles east of Tucson, and the express and
mail robbed of about $4,000, Regular
stock" details: red lantern masked men,
orders TO engineer enforced at point OF re-
vover unloading of cash box, away they
go, no one hurt. no trace of robbers.
Aurora Is considerably excited over the
possibility of finding coal In that vicinity.
II II should be found 10 paying qualities,
II would indeed, surprise the geologists,
who have in the past placed the northerR
limits of the Illinois paying coal field at
the Illinois river. With characteristic en-
terprise, however, a number of Aurora bus
mess men propose TO find out to certainty
whether there Is coal or not.